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Photos courtesy Jim Benjaminson.
[Editor’s Note: Reader Jim Benjaminson thought we’d be interested in the story of a particular 1925 Case Model X and its ties to the man responsible for Case’s carmaking efforts. We were, and thought we’d let him tell the story in full here.] ... Read more

Photo by Patrick Ernzen, courtesy RM Auctions.
Editor’s Note: While researching the 1948 Tucker 48 that RM Auctions has listed for its upcoming Monterey sale, we discovered that Tucker historian Mike Schutta had already compiled the history of the car, which bears chassis number 1036 and body ... Read more

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September 11 tribute Nova. Photos courtesy Richard Lopez.
A modified 1975 Nova – airbrushed with various scenes depicting the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on America – is for sale in the November issue of Hemmings Motor News with an asking price of $30 million.
A full-page colo ... Read more

[Editor’s Note: Wallace Wyss’s career as an automotive author extends back to the 1970s, when he wrote Shelby’s Wildlife: The Cobras and Mustangs, and he revisits the sphere of Shelby for this chapter he allowed us to excerpt from his latest book, Incredible Barn Finds, just publi ... Read more

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[Editor’s Note: British author James Ruppert at Bangernomics doesn’t buy and sell old cars as investments. Instead, he lets them drive him mad, as he outlines in his latest book, My Mini Cooper: Its Part in my Breakdown. He elaborates below on why and how old cars make us nuts.]
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Earl Coryell’s Lincoln, Nebraska-based corn-ethanol gas station. Photo courtesy Nebraska State Historical Society.
When the price of gas leaps into the stratosphere, we scramble to find alternatives and biofuels become big news. They’re hailed as miracles of modern technology that promi ... Read more

[Editor’s Note: Sean Brayton at Redstar Automotive in South Kingstown, Rhode Island, has an ambitious plan: He wants to make a Model T his daily driver and document the process of preparing it and using it on a daily basis. This week’s task: making sure it runs.]
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[Editor’s note: We recently heard from Sean Brayton at Redstar Automotive in South Kingstown, Rhode Island, who has an ambitious plan: He wants to make a Model T his daily driver and document the process of preparing it and using it on a daily basis. That’s a plan we can get behind, so ... Read more

The Hemmings Sports and Exotic Project Car With a Heart project MGB, which was donated to a charity. Photo by Craig Fitzgerald.
[Editor’s Note: Jim Davis of Zero Tolerance Restorations recently submitted this article of tips on donating classic cars to the My Hemmings pages, and we thought it ... Read more